Comment by supportengineer
2 years ago
This makes me so angry. You have a choice in the market! Everything on this list is a feature which I am choosing as the customer. If I didn't want these features and benefits then I would make a different choice as a consumer. As a consumer I am not a victim. I can choose between iOS, Android, or something else.
I wonder if people made comments like these in support of Internet Explorer when Microsoft was dealing with antitrust law in court.
Uh, yeah they did. Many people thought at that time that DOJ was overstepping. Many still do. In hindsight, Microsoft’s behavior at the time seems like small potatoes compared to the ecosystem protection that occurs today.
You can look at adoption rates of IE vs Firefox and Chrome, and compare them to iOS vs Android.
It isn't about you, it's about me who can't install iMessage on an Andorid phone or a Linux desktop and participate in your group chats in reasonable capacity.
One question: Who owns iMessage? Who pays to run the servers? Who pays for the bandwidth?
Do you allow your neighbors to use your yard and driveway that you pay for?
I postulate people would gladly pay a cup of coffee's worth for a first party app and/or subscription. Certainly easier than shelling out a few hundred bucks for an iDevice.
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If I had billions of dollars and a yard the size of a small country I probably wouldn't mind...
> Who pays to run the servers? Who pays for the bandwidth?
I f%$@ing do. I paid when I bought an iPhone, Mac and iPad.
And even if it’s not enough - provide it as a service for a fee.
You are specifically choosing to not have message interoperability? Why?
We have message interoperability already. I can install any messenger of my choosing. I can install WeChat, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Signal, etc, etc.
But I don't need any of those because 99% of the people I communicate with are on iMessage.
And again, you choose to not be able to communicate with that 1% over iMessage why? It sounds like being able to do so would only benefit you.
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You're not buying a literal apple. Purchasing context does not stop at point of sale.
Many victim are adamant that they are not actually a victim no matter what evidence is provided. Luckily anti-trust law doesn't care about your opinion.
But are you really a victim ?
While the smartphone market is not exactly a broad selection of competing standards, you can chose between Android and iPhone, and over time they've more or less come to represent opposing poles, where Android initially embraced openness and iPhone was the walled garden.
People picked based on preferences, but it's not like any of the platforms lock you in. They even have tools to facilitate easy switching between platforms.
Many companies, especially in highly regulated industries, specifically pick iPhone over Android for the ability to lock down the device. In my industry, our IT department has essentially given up getting Android "certified" to comply with regulations.
Apple recently opened up the App Store in the EU, in theory allowing 3rd party stores, but despite almost everybody i know using iPhones, i have yet to see anything 3rd party installed.